Collection Highlights
Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman
Date:
ca. 1869
Object Number:
LIB.CT.T8855.B7
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal: Kings County HS ...1911
Object Number:
INV.3290
Date:
1911
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: reverse, at lower center: "THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. NEWARK, N.J."
Description:
Brass struck medal with obverse depicting one-storey building with high tapering roof within central roundel with surrounding legend: ".Kings County Historical Society. - .1911. -." Reverse bears inscription: "THE 275TH/ANNIVERSARY OF THE/PURCHASE OF LAND ON LONG/ISLAND FROM THE INDIANS BY/JACOBUS VAN CORLEAR, WOUTER/VAN TWILLER, WOLPHERT GERRETSE/VAN KOUWENHOVEN AND ADRIES/HUDDIE. JUNE 16TH, 1636/JUNE 16TH, 1911."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
